The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-01-05
AHiSTC4Y OF THE STATE.

The first issue OF the -Hen,S Gi'G
Courier fcr the Rev year, contains ;tn
elaborate and interesting review cI
the StaSe's finances. + is :,,s abe, con-.
piete statistical history 0: Tie aglicui-
tural and commercial growth CT the
State, from 1860 to the present time.
From the report and an editorial
sesame of the same we gather :als:
In 1886, III miles of railway were
built in the State. making the total
mileage l,754. The freight tonnage
has proportionately increased, while
She income has grown from S=,iU3,-
o40 in 1879 to s6,429, ,29S in 1856.
The number OF manufactures has
increased Ic,a 1920 in 1850 to 81 2t2 y
In 1886. IN 1860 the capital invested
was $6,931,7 ,7t6; now It amounts to
$2l,327,9!0. The Manufac,ulies fur
nish employment to 3333,557S hands.
The value OF the products is S29,S5,,-
551. The agricultural feature of the
report is interesting. The crop cf
corn, while twice as large us in 1865
is. about 10 per cent. less than II 1860.
Wheat shows very much the same re-
suit The oat crop is about four
times as large as in 1850. The Gotten
crop has risen from 3533, 10 bales IL
1860 to 530,102 in 1866. The high
est cotton crop reported is $50 900 IN
1882 The tobacco crop shows a
large increase on account of the ez-
perinental planting over the State
last year. The crop in 1856 is es;im-
ated at 4S5,309 pounds, against Sc
$50 in 1882 The agricultural and
neutrality-suspicious. for 1886 are vala-
ed at S4A,l09, ,50l.ssThe value Of corn
was nearly half the value CT the cotton
crop. Cotton, ii is edito3ally stated,
is 10 longer King. Irish potatoes
lead the list with value of $SS per
acre, as against sI2 for cotton.
The Ners end Courier further says
editorially:
- AS shown in our review, the tota!
value OF the farm products OF the
State last year was S:A,l09,50l. This
is very nearly as nuca as the value of
farm products in 1860. Add to the
agricultural products the products II
different branches Of manufactures,
snd the products Of the mines and
quarries, and It is evident that tie to-
tai income of the people from tic
three sources must amount to so per
cent. more than the amount III 1860,
when the slave system was supposed
to make the State so prosperous:
Here is a rough table of the results.
1860. 1886.
Manufactures. $ S,6l5,I95 s29,95l. SOL
Agriculture. 49,. 45,S23.512 44,l09, ,50I
Mines and Ming $4,000 2,2u, ,0C0
Totsl. 4,4S7, ,7o7 s,6,272, ,o52
:, In the mining We have included
the value of crude phosphate rock
and the products OF the sGuarcles. The
outcome oft I'll IS almost amazing.
Taking the population OF South Car
o3ina as 703,7OS in 1860 and l, 100000
IN 1855, the average gross iccome OF
each person il tie State WAS SIT IN
1850, against $40 in 1886.
There is u deepS significance in
these figures, which moreover take 10
account Of the mercantile business Of
the State. Were the amount OF gen
eral business added, it would be rea-
sonable to say that the gross income
of the people OF South Carolina, their
means of living and OF spending, is
considerably more than it wss IN
1850"
The report we commend to tGe
careful study of our readers. 1t is to
be regretted that our space is too
limited for its publication.